[s-cars] Ideas to Increase mpg?

[David Kase]

Thanks Wylie.  I have run my car dry and put almost 20 gallons in it.  :ooks like my driving habits are to blame.  I try to do 7- but that only lasts for a day or two...

Dave


-----Original Message-----
From: Wylie Bean [mailto:theringmeister at triad.rr.com]
Sent: Fri 6/12/2009 9:56 PM
To: David Kase; s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Ideas to Increase mpg?
 
Dave my S4 is stock and in all highway driving I can pull 450-460 miles out of a tank. More if I take it seriously easy.  That's about 25 mpg assuming an 18g tank. 
On the drive back from CA to NC I got 500 miles out of two tanks full.

Wylie Bean
TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
90 cq
91 90q20v
92 UrS4
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-----Original Message-----
From: "David Kase" <dkase at dorma-usa.com>

Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:32:23 
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Subject: [s-cars] Ideas to Increase mpg?


I did a 7 month search in the archives and did not see a thread related to fuel mileage.

I am keeping my B5 S4 as a secondary car and am currently doing some upgrades to it.  My recently purchased S6 is doing dd duty.  I have a 60 mile round trip each day and at 20 mpg, I could stand better fuel mileage.  I do 55 of the 60 miles on the open highway.

I was thinking of selling the C4 and buying a TDI (saving ~$100/month) but I just don't think I will enjoying driving it everyday (Probably a 99-02 Jetta).  I also am considering a 1.8T A4.  But, I figure if I can get the mileage better in the S6 then I will just keep it.  I'd love to get over 25 mpg but I don't know if it is even possible.

Step 1 - go from CRAP (TAP) ECU to stock.  Then what?  

No matter what I do I know I will be rolling on the power from time to time.  It seems like you can never get that mileage back over a tankful.

Respectfully,
Kase


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